Why Have Trade Promotion Organizations Failed, and How Can They Be Revitalized?

Why Have Trade Promotion Organizations Failed, and How Can They Be Revitalized?

The proclaimed priority of exports contained in many development plans, Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers, and similar documents will remain hollow if it is not supported by forceful reforms that counter biases against exports. Once such reforms ar...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: De Wulf, Luc
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
AUTONOMY
BOARDS OF TRADE
COMPETITIVENESS
CUSTOMS
CUSTOMS PROCEDURES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DOMESTIC MARKET
DUTY DRAWBACKS
ECONOMIC POLICY
EXCHANGE RATE
EXPORT BIAS
EXPORT DEVELOPMENT
EXPORT FINANCE
EXPORT LICENSES
EXPORT POTENTIAL
EXPORT PROCESSING
EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES
EXPORT PROMOTION
EXPORTERS
EXPORTS
EXTERNALITIES
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
GDP
GLOBAL TRADE
IMPORT PROTECTION
IMPORTS
INSTITUTION BUILDING
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
MANUFACTURED EXPORTS
NON- TARIFF BARRIERS
OUTSOURCING
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
PRODUCERS
PRODUCTION COSTS
QUALITY STANDARDS
TARIFF BARRIERS
TRADE FINANCE
TRADE POLICIES
TRADE PROMOTION
TRADE PROMOTION ORGANIZATIONS
WORLD TRADE
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION TRADE PROMOTION
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
EXPORT TRADING COMPANIES
EXPORT INCENTIVES
STAFFING
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/09/2011703/trade-promotion-organizations-failed-can-revitalized
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11369
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Summary:The proclaimed priority of exports contained in many development plans, Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers, and similar documents will remain hollow if it is not supported by forceful reforms that counter biases against exports. Once such reforms are implemented, much can be gained from reforming trade promotion organizations along the lines of the above recommendations -or from simply eliminating organizations that cannot be reformed.

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